BA Welsh / Education

By choosing to study BA Welsh / Education at Aberystwyth University, you will have the opportunity to explore children and teenagers’ development, and come to understand the educational systems that provide the framework for that development. Alongside the Education subjects, you will study Welsh in a department that leads the sector in fields such as creative writing, Welsh in the professional workplace and translation services. The Welsh / Education degree course will motivate and inspire you.

On the Education modules, you will explore how people learn, how their environments impact on their learning, how we make decisions, and how our understanding of learning and teaching has developed over the years. This will include elements of psychology, sociology, politics and history. In addition to that, there is a focus on supporting learners throughout their time in school.

The Welsh modules will give you an opportunity to broaden your horizons through learning about literature, culture, politics, history and the sociology of Welsh. You will study fascinating subjects that reflect the latest research interests of our lecturers, from the history of our literature to contemporary literature, and from the sociology of the Welsh language to registers and dialects of Welsh, as well as creative writing and scriptwriting. To complement your studies, you will be able to benefit from the closeness of the National Library of Wales with its wonderful collections of literary, audio and visual resources, and to take advantage of the vibrant Welsh social life here in Aberystwyth.

You can join UMCA (the Welsh Students' Union), live in Pantycelyn hall or Fferm Penglais, and take part in all sorts of fun activities that are organised for our Welsh-speaking students. Undergraduate lecturers in the School of Education are either qualified to PhD standard or are experienced practitioners in their field. All teaching staff currently possess, or are working towards, a recognised teaching qualification.

All academic staff in the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies are research active scholars and experts in their chosen fields of study, including the study of languages and literatures as well as creative writing.